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Rosenberg, Robin S. and Jennifer Canzoneri, eds. The Psychology of Superheroes: An Unauthorized Exploration. Psychology of Popular Culture. Dallas: Benbella Books, 2008. Added by: joachim (7/20/09, 1:29 AM) Last edited by: joachim (1/30/12, 1:36 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1933771313 BibTeX citation key: Rosenberg2008 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Collection of essays, Psychology, Superhero Creators: Canzoneri, Rosenberg Publisher: Benbella Books (Dallas) |
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In The Psychology of Superheroes, almost two dozen psychologists get into the heads of today’s most popular and intriguing superheroes. Why do superheroes choose to be superheroes? Where does Spider-Man’s altruism come from, and what does it mean? Why is there so much prejudice against the X-Men, and how could they have responded to it, other than the way they did? Why are super-villains so aggressive? The Psychology of Superheroes answers these questions, exploring the inner workings our heroes usually only share with their therapists. Table of Contents Robin S. Rosenberg: Introduction (1) Christopher Peterson and Nansook Park: The Positive Psychology of Superheroes (5) Wind Goodfriend: The Social Psychology of the Justice League of America (19) Robin S. Rosenberg: Superman’s Personality (29) Michael Spivey and Steven Knowlton: Anti-heroism in the Continuum of Good and Evil (51) Robert Biwas-Diener: Positive Psychology of Peter Parker (65) Mikhail Lyubansky: How Group Prejudice Forms and Other Race-related Lessons from the Xavier Institute (75) Bryan Jay Dik: When I Grow up I Want to be a Superhero (91) Peter A. Hancock and Gabriella M. Hancock: Is There a Superhero in All of Us? (105) William J. Ickes: Mind-Reading Superheroes (119) Chuck Tate: An Appetite for Destruction (135) Chuck Tate: The Stereotypical (Wonder) Woman (147) Andrew R. Getzfeld: What Would Freud Say?: Psychopathology and the Punisher (163) Siamak Tundra Naficy: Coming to Terms With Bizarro (175) Stephanie R. de Lusé: Coping with Stress … the Superhero Way (187) Bradley J. Daniels: Arkham Asylum (201) Christopher J. Patrick and Sarah K. Patrick: The Incredible Hulk: Origins of Rage (213) Kerri L. Johnson, Leah E. Lurye, and Jon Freeman: Gender Typicality and Extremity in Popular Culture (229) Peter DeScioli and Robert Kurzban: Cracking the Superhero's Moral Code (245) Added by: joachim Last edited by: joachim |